Prospects for quantitative CT imaging in the presence of foreign metal bodies using statistical image reconstruction

J. F. Williamson, B. R. Whiting, J. Benac, R. J. Murphy, G. J. Blaine, J. A. O'Sullivan, D. G. Politte, D. L. Snyder

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Abstract

Radiation Oncology treatment planning presents several challenges to CT imaging, including imaging in the presence of complex metal intracavitary applicators and the need to noninvasively measure photon cross sections. Using synthetic sinograms in which noise, a polyenergetic spectrum, and scatter are modeled, the performance of three algorithms is compared: filtered back projection, deterministic iterative deblurring, and a modem modelbased stochastic iterative reconstruction technique. The model-based algorithm performs well, but requires knowledge of metal object locations and shapes to fully eliminate streaking artifacts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2002 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2002 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages649-652
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)078037584X
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
EventIEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2002 - Washington, United States
Duration: Jul 7 2002Jul 10 2002

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Volume2002-January
ISSN (Print)1945-7928
ISSN (Electronic)1945-8452

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period07/7/0207/10/02

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